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Posted by kutenay on November 19, 2007 at 10:15:11 pm EST
In reply to building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right posted by bheiser1 on September 11, 2007 at 7:08:52 pm EDT

One point is that to be effective in consistently building survival fires, you need to frequently do just that. I very seldom bother with a campfire and can/do leave no trace of one, if I build it; however, you do need practice as with shooting, to remain competent.

I have never built fires in wilderness areas, alpine areas or built new firepits; however, I do build fires from dead, leaning timber in heavily forested parts of BC. Here, fires are an important part of serial progression of ecosystem development and are not destructive.

I will also build a fire AWAY from a large rock face and then sit between the rock and fire to keep warm; this seldom leaves any discolouration on the rock and prevents incidents with heated rock/soil suddenly detonating into your face or mini-avalanches making things miserable.

Fire and mankind BELONG in pristine wilderness, it's just how you do it that matters.

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